The round-table layout at the recent colloquium on Exploring Preparedness for Postgraduate Studies was distinct from the typical straight-seat-rows format that people tend to expect at this type of event.
Professor Stephanie Burton, one of the project coordinators of the Enabling Quality Postgraduate Education (EQPE) project housed in Rhodes University’s Centre for Postgraduate Studies, said this was intentional to encourage discussion — a key feature of the two-day colloquium.